Kinda' blazed through the pages looking for anybody from Hawaii but found zero. I'm Ainokea, retired VW mechanic from the 60's on to 2012. My only ride today is a 73 bug with a mild 1956cc engine and dual 44idf's I built in 2007. I have owned 23 VW's and Audis in my working years and have to admit retirement is not the best thing I've ever experienced. We do have a large VW following here in Honolulu and Hilo but most are show cars but some can be seen on the, VW Club Of Hawaii's site.

Hi, my friends call me Butch, lm retired wrench, fabricator,- welder. Live in Henderson ,Nevada,next to Las Vegas.not a racer but my hart is in the dirt , always has been . Lots of desert out here. Have a street legal ,Fiberglas buggy 4 place. VW all the way, with a 1915cc engine.
Consider the day a total loss, if I don't learn something new. Also building a 82mm roller crank ,2276. Want to play @ the salt flats,in Utah.
Not on line as much,as some. I'm old school & sometimes I have trouble w/ internet

Hello everyone; just found STF last week. I have a '60 Indiana Red T1. She is not OG, but I like the updates she has. This is my third Beetle, the first was a '69 T1 I got in 1977 as my daily driver. I got a '74 SB in 1988 and had a lot of fun redoing it. Then two years ago my wife suggested I look for another bug as a retirement project. Wilma didn't need much done to her so she hasn't been much of a project. I added a RetroSound radio and speakers. And now I am painting the wheels two-tone and putting new Coker F560s on her. I'll try to learn how to post pics and get one on here. I look forward to using this forum and meeting everyone.

Good day, im new to your forum, i am busy with a reprodunction kubelwagen build and would like to chat to the guys whom has a wide range of knowledge on the topic of reduction boxes.

Im located in South Afica, where theirs many old school beetles unfortunately the old school bully bus and things are very hard to find.

I have proqured a set of reduction boxes this tubes with out axels.

Yes yes i know i had to have the short reduction box axels as well unfortunately it was posted to me less this fital part.

My question, can i use the standard beetle axel, shorten the length and machine a seat face for the bearing and a ridge for the circlip.

If yes to all the above would any of the forum members have the length of the axel from end to end and could this info be shared with me.

Some specs of the reduction boxes.

34 mm small nut boxes
Year about 63 this box does not have the small inspection cover at the rear of the box with that nut
Driver gear in reduction box 19 teeth
12 splines on the inner of the gear
Beetle axel 12 spline, reduction box small gear fit and seats well on beetle axel
Part number on rear of reduction box 211 501235A
Can post pictures

Hey all,
I'm new to this site but not new to the Vee Dub world, my parents say my first word was "Bug." I have owned a grand total of 15 different VWs over my lifetime and have passed the VW addiction to my wife. We currently own a '68 semi-auto T-1, a '71 T-1 both of which are in process of restoration and a '07 Rabbit (Rubik's Edition) for our daily driver. I am a disabled veteran which makes working on them a challenge but that has yet to stop me.
Looking forward to interacting with y'all and learning and sharing what I have also.

Hello all, I’ve been on here since 2011.
I have a 73 beetle I was working on restoring until a couple of incidents took me away from working on the beetle.
I’d done a complete tear down a body off situation to replace pans and a couple other body panels.its been completely torn down since 2011, Parts were boxed up and moved to a mini storage unit, and have since been moved back to a shed at my house. Hopefully I haven’t lost anything, a lot of stuff got carried to a dump. Anyways I hope I can get back on the bug, my goal now is to rebuild the front axle and rear pivot arms and bearings so I can get the pan back on wheels. Gotta take it one step at a time, and hope for the best.my health limits me somewhat as I was diagnose with metastatic bladder cancer in June of 2014; took two rounds of radiation, 3 years of Chemotherapy and have now been on immunotherapy for 6 months. My last few scans are promising, most tumors were gone and others continue to shrink so far.
Anyways, not looking for pity or anything like that, just good to have this forum to get questions answered. There’s a lot of smart ppl on here!

Hi Guys,
My name is Scott from Australia.
Im just starting to get into the idea of a turbo for my wife's stock 1960 single port ghia and that has lead me to hear.I have a 55 oval running a 2180 stroker and 44 webbers that is my baby and that is sorted for the moment so the 60 Ghia is calling me know. So 36 horse old school look with a new school approach to power it is. Look forward to learning lots.I will post some ride pics. soon.